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Yet another proof of Szemeredi's theorem

Number Theory 2010-06-22 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

Using the density-increment strategy of Roth and Gowers, we derive Szemeredi's theorem on arithmetic progressions from the inverse conjectures GI(s) for the Gowers norms, recently established by the authors and Ziegler.

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@article{arxiv.1002.2254,
  title  = {Yet another proof of Szemeredi's theorem},
  author = {Ben Green and Terence Tao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.2254},
  year   = {2010}
}

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6 page note, to appear in the proceedings of a conference in honour of the 70th birthday of Endre Szemeredi